Improvement in plant-protector



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H. KpNELSON, OF PENN YAN, NEW`YORK.

Letters Patent N 96,468, dated Norember 2, 1869.

IMPRovEMBN'r IN PLANTPRQ'IECTQR.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters :lf-"atom:v and making part of the same.

To all damnit may concern.- v v Beit known that I, H. K. NEnsoNg'of Penn Yan,

'in the county of Yates, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful I mprorementlin Plant-Proe teetors; and'I do herebydeclare that the following is'I a. fu l, clear, and exact description ofthe same, refer' em e being had to the. accompanying -drawings, making part of this specification, in whichu l n e V Figure l is a perspective view of the whole appara- Figure 2, a separate view of the upper hoop and socket attached; and

Figure 3, a separate view of the standard.

My invention consists in providing a cheap, portable plant-protector and miniature hot-house, which may be placed over plants, to protect them from cold` windsand fiosts,f:1nd also from insects,birds, &c., and which admits plenty of light and. heat from the sun, and also retains and concentrates the heat upon the plant and hill. t

It also consists in providing the plant-protector with a ventilator, which lets out the surplus hea t, and which can be readily closed,toexclude frosts and cold winds.

I construct my protectorin the shape of the frustum of a cone or pyramid, composed ofan upper and lower hoop or frame, made of wire, or other suitable material, and connected togetherbyoillcloth, or other transparent or translucent material, that is pliable, and canA he folded easily.

' In the drawings, a and b are the hoops, and c, the cloth.

Attached to the upper hoop a, by a hinge, is a vent-ilator, fv, which may be raised or lowered at lany angle desired.

VThe wire soeketL-'shown at fig. 2, is also attached tothe hoop a, and receives the upper end of the standard s. l

lo-use theproteetor. the standar-dior stake s is inserted-,in or near the hill where the plant is to grow,

'and the apparatus Aplaced overit, the socket'resting upon the upper end of'the standard s, and the lower loop b placed on the ground, or slightly ihreed intoit.

The. standard will hold the apparatus firmlyin place, and prevent its being blown -away by the wind. Whennot in use, the protectors' may be folded and packed away,'without occupying nmeh space.

It will be seen'that this arrangement will thoroughly protect. the plant, and at the saule time draw and retain the heat of the sun, and admit ,the'light freely. The ventilator will prevent the accumulation of too niuch heat, and allows the fresh air'to circulate about theplant. y j

The apparatus may be enlarged, so as to answer for plants ot' any size.

I am aware that plant-protectors have. been used,

which are similar in form to mine,but these al'e usually covered with gauze netting or o peu cloth, and are .without the ventilator.A` i

What I claim as my invention, and desire to securev by Letters Patent, is-

'lhe arrangemelyt and combination of the hinged cap or ventilator fv, -hoopsvor frames ll 1i, transparent or translucentl covering c, standard s, and wire socket j',- substantially-as andfonthe 'purposes set fort-h.'

H. K. NELSON Witnesses:

BENJAMIN L. HoYT, Tano. BOGART. 

